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The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
Is Rye Exhaustive

An agricultural authority says:
Many farmers believe that rye is much
more exhaustive than wheat. 1t can be
and usually is grown on poorer soil than
the latter crop; and not only in manur-
ing, but in preparation of the land, it is
apt therefore to be neglected. Rye has
a greater bulk of straw than wheat; but
this bulk is chiefly carbon and derived
from the air The broad leaves of rye
cover the surface better than the wheat
plant does, and this protection possibly
serves some of the purposes of manuring.
Where rye is grown in succession it takes
long time to run down good soil; but
once change to wheat and single crop
will make another crop impossible with
out manure or a course of seeding with
grass and clover. Although its leaf is
bulky, the rye crop is gotten off one or
two weeks earlier than wheat can be,
thus relieving the grass and clover seed
ing Of the double draught of roots on
the water supply in the soil. After any
grain is cut clover grows more rapidly
than before, and rye is always cut earlier
than any other grain.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
Feeding Corn Stalks.

It is for the interest of every farmer to
practice the most economical method Of
feeding the coarser portions of his fodder
material. Experiments carefully con-
Quoted at the various experiment stations
90 to show tat with the best of timothy
and clover hay, under favorable condi-
tons, only about one half of the nutritive
constituents are digested, and when
there is a waste in the line of consump-
ton, the loss becomes still greater so far
as animal nutrition is concerned. Take
the case of corn fodder: if the stalks are
large there is very natural and strong
tendency for animals to consume only
the leaves, and a small portion Of the top
of the stalk, which leaves large amount
to be cast out with the manure or en-
ployed as bedding.
Farmers can hardly afford to grow
crops to be converted into manure in that
manner, Notwithstanding the Importance
of having plenty Of manure. 1t is some
times the case, that because of a scanty
supply 1t becomes important to farmer
to secure tbs consumption of all the
cOarser products of the farm, even if they
are of poorer quality. To accomplish
this most successfully requires the exer-
else of a little additional labor in the
shape of cutting the fodder, and the use
of a by-fodder in the line of meal, bran,
oil cake, or middlings.
With the present improved Implements
for cutting fodder, in the shape of ensil-
age cutters, even by hand power, it is
not a difficult matter. to cut as required
the amount of corn fodder usually found
upon average farms, and this, moistened
a little with water. and given liberal
sprinkling with meal or wheat mid
dlin9s, will all be consumed, and serve
as good purpose as the best hay.
If hand cutting is Objectionable, this
can be accomplished by horse power, and
the entire job be done at once, including
any other coarse fodder, such as straw
or swale grass. First quality corn fod-
der if cut will be consumed even without
any meal, but it is advantageous some
times to make a change from even the
best of hay on to some other food, and
then corn stalks come into play to good
purpose.
If steaming of fodder is to be prac-
tised, as is sometimes the case, then cut
ting becomes an absolute necessity; but,
after repeated experiments in that line
BIZ some of the best farmers of the cOun-
try, it has been abandoned, and it
is believed that no advantage is gained
sufficient to warrant the increased addi-
tional expenditure.
1t is a matter Of policy with most
farmers, especially if they desire to make
both ends meet, to practise those methods
which experience teaches are the most
economical. taking into account result
ing returns-Neao York Observer.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
Making Motto Candies.

Great quantities Of fruit, especially the
ounce, pear, apple and apricot, are con-
sumed in the manufacture of candy,
giving their flavor to the finished con-
lection. The manufacture of motto
candies ought TO interest sentimental
people The material of these tender
little billet-douX is made plastic by
means of gum-tragacanth, kneaded like
dough, and rolled out, as if for cookies,
with long rolling-pin. The notices
are then stamped on by means of a cop
per stamp dipped in cochineal dye, and
iozenges cut out with cutter, square,
round or heart-shaped. Sugar is con-
fessedly sweet. But a sugar lOzenge,
with one OF these notices on it, is
''sweeter than anything on earth. Many
a schoolboy in the flush and fury of his
first young love, has laid his heart on
one of these lozenges, as on platter,
and sent it to some rosy lass. What
could be more effective as a feeler than
this: Your eyes are as bright as
diamonds - 1t contains the whole science
of courtshiP- tia;;e-y. -AEscgican 4ndtyst.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
Insect Friends.

Prof. J. A. Lintner writes: 1t should
be generally known that not all insects
are injurious. There are those that are
the farmers and fruit-growers' best allies,
though often occurring under circum
stances so suspicious as to cost them
their lives. OF these are the numerous
species of lady birds'' or 'Hady bugs
(Coccinellid9) Astounding often upon
sickly vegetation, infected with plant
lice, and only drawn there to feed upon
the destructive aphides. Nearly all Of
the ichneumon flies are of great service
to the agriculturist, from the immense
number of caterpilIars which they de-
stroy. Many of the true bugs prey upon
catcrpillars and other injurious species.
A large proportion Of the Lampyrida-
the family to which the lightning bug"
or "fire fy'' belongs-feed on other in
sects in both their larval and perfect
stages. Prairie Farmer.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
Authorities on "AppIe-scaIe."

In a paper read by A. NJ. Hatch, of
Wisconsin, on 'Apple Scale" before the
American Pathological Society, he ex-
planned that apple scale is caused by a fun
gus that also attacks the leaves Where it
attacked the leaves it caused them to drop,
weakened the trees and led to winter
killing. Like other fungi it thriyes bes'
in warm, wet weather, and therefore
summer of drought is unfavorable to its
development, and to this extent a bless
ing. Crab apples are especially liable to
the disease in its leaf form. In reference
to prevention and cure, tn disease be-
lOnged to the same family of fungi (the
PerOn0spOrGS) that causes one kind of
grape rot, and that is too deep-rooted to
be prevented by outside applications
He advised discarding such varieties as
are most liable to its attacks. Some
varieties of apples develop a waxy secre-
ton upon the fruit and leaves, and he
finds that such varieties are less liable to
contract the disease
f. S. Golf, New York, said that he
had tried sulphate of soda for this dis
ease with good results. The operation
was not expensive. His tr al of the sui
phate of copper, as recommended by the
Department of Agriculture, resulted in
destroying most of the lea es in three
applications.
G.. W. Campbell, of Ohio, who had
used the sulphate of copper for grapes,
said that he made it much weaker than
the departments recipe, as he suspected
that to be too pow erful.-Nel0 York
World
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
How TO Make Good Cistern.


The surface-soil is removed TO depth
Of eighteen inches to exclude frost in
winter and heat in summer. The exca-
walton is made in the shape of an egg,
with the upper third cut off. 1t should
be eight to ten feet deep, and seven TO
ten feet in diameter The deeper the
cistern the better and cheal er it is. If
the soil is close and compact, the cement
may be laid directly upon it, and no
brick-lining is required. To do this,
large fiat stone is bedded in cement at
the bottom, for the workman to stand
upon, and for rest for the pump. The
cement is made of water lime, one part,
and clean, sharp sand, three parts, mixed
dry, first, and wetted up in small guam
titles as required, and can be used before
1t sets hard. The cement is laid about
an inch thick. When the bottom is COW
cred layer is put in around the wall
about foot high, and, as it sets very
quickly, as soon as one strip Is laid
another may be put on above it. until the
whole is completed. In digging,
shoulder of foot in width is made on the
top of the firm subsol eighteen inches,
to rest the beams upon. This is also
covered with cement, and the beams are
laid on and the spaces between them on
the shoulder are filed in with stone, or
brick, and cement, to the upper level,
upon which the floor rests. A strong
floor of four-inch plank, doubled, with
the joints broken, is laid upon the beams
and covered with coat of the cement,
to exclude surface water; and this floor
is then covered with earth and sodded
over, or a platform is built over it
to stand upon. A manhole should be
made in the cover, large enough for a
person to go down when it is necessary
to clean out the cistern, and this is
brought up little above the platform,
and fitted with tight cover, kept locked
to avoid danger of children falling in
american Agriculturist.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
"UntoId Agony from Catarrh.r

of Ithaca N. Y, writes: Some ten years ago
| suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family hyscan gave me up as
such a bad one, that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become SO hoerSe could
barely speak above q whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing OF my throat would
almost strangle me- BY the use OF DR.. sage
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was well
man, and the cure has been permanent.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
"Constantly Hawking and spIttinE.r

THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq, 1902 Pine Street,
st. Louis, No. writes: Il was great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. At times could
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. /
thought nothing could be done for me. Luck
ily / was advised TO try DR.. Sagc's Catarrh
Remedy, and am now a well man. believe
il to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured and one has only to give it
fair trial to ex perience astounding results and
q permanent cure"
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
Bot Flies.

Mr.. W. Fisher, Hancock Co., Me-,
desires information about the bot fly,
which lays 1T eggs on the legs of horses,
and whether the fly seen at the jaws of
horses is the same? There are several
species of bot or CAD flies, the Larvae of
which live in the stOmachs of horses.
The most common of these lays its eggs
on the hairs of the tore legs, breast or
shoulder of the animals, which, when
they lick themselves, extract and thus
swallow the embryo Larvae. Another
species selects the long hairs on the I'M
der side of the jaws of horses for depos
lting its eggs. The young larvae of these
drop into the feed and are thus carried
into the animals stomach. The Larvae of
both remain and grow all winter in the
stomach, where they attach themselves
to its inner coat by means of the sharp
hooks on their heads. In spring when
they ha reached maturity, they relin
quish their hold, and pass out through
the intestines Thus liberated they dig
into the soil and become trnsformed into
perfect bot flies. In horses which are
otherwise in healthy condition, bots do
rarely any harm. So far no specific
remedy has been found. Their outer
coat is so hard that it resists the action
of the strongest acids as we'll as alkais,
and any substance powerful enough to
take effect upon it would also destroy
the stomach of the animal. Toward
spring purgatives may assist the expul-
sion of the bots, and in cases of much
irritation, mucilagenous drinks aDd ano-
dynes may be given to quiet them. As
preventative, all the long hairs beneath
the horses jaw, fore legs, chest and
Shoulder should be cut of, and as an
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
Sour Apples Bad for Hogs

When hogs are fed with corn in the
ear they should not be kept where they
can get sour apples. They will not eat
many, but what they do take will make
their mouths tender, so that the corn will
prove too hard for them to chew. The
only way that apples and corn can be
fed to hogs is by thorough cooking, Civ
ing the corn enough time to become
heated through. Then when cooled it
will be more easily digested and the APP
Piles will give the mass greater bulk, and
thus keep the stomach in condition for
working.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
A WORD OF WARNING.

There white each represented to be good the Ivory
ARE like all u lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities
of the genuine Ask for Ivory" Soap and insist getting it
Proctor GambIe
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02

nnsarRa III biz Cured satisfactory before any pay
UPIU w prof J. VI Barton, 18th Ward Cincinnati o.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS, Rtnpdn p. o., Columbia Co.
Pa, says: My daughter had cataTrh when
she was five years old, very badly. l saw Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that IL
helDed her; q third bottle effected a permz-
nent cure She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02

additional precaution, oil should be
rubbed over these parts once a day while
the fly is active, during the summer, to
prevent the flies eggs from adhering to
the hairs of the animals. -Americdn
1gricuLturtst.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02

A gas well recently bored at Fair
mount, Ind. flows nearly ~, 900, 900 Gu
bic feet per day.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-12-02

SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dull,
heavy headache, obstruction OF the nasGi
passages, discharges falling from the head
into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery,
and acrid, at others, thick- tenacious, mucous.
purulent, bloody and purrid; the eyes
weak, watery, and inflamed; there is ringing
in the ears deafness, hacking { coughing -
clear the throat, eGpeCtoration or offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has n nasal twang; the
breath is offensive; smell and taste are i'm
paired; there is q sensation OF dizziness with
mental depression. a hacking cough and gen
eral debility. Only n few OF the above-named
symptoms are likely 10 be present in any ono
case. Thousands of cases annually, without
manifesting half of the above symptoms. re
suit in consumption. and end in the grave.
No disease is common, more deceptive and
.ngerous. or less understood by physicians
BY its mild, soothing, and healing properties,
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
cases of Catarrh, IS cold I'm the hea -
Sold by druggists everywhere; % cents
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-07-08

How TO FEED HoGs.-COnstruct your
trOughs for feeding hogs, says the Lire
Stock Register, of Kansas City, so that
each hog cannot appropriate more than
a foot to himself. Have divisions by
means of small fenced yards so arranged
that at least three sizes of pigs can slip
under and be divided into three grades
and each have trough to eat from.
Now, by pouring the swill into tie
trOughs for the small pigs they will
crowd into their pens first and be out of
the way of the older ones, safe, eating.
Then take the second grade, and they
will be on an equality and out of the way
of the still larger ones. In this manner
a feeder can regulate the feed and grade
his hogs in eating, and manage a large
number and have each get a proper
share of food, and not get hurt. Do not
undertake to raise your hogs on grass
alone. They need at least one ear OF
corn per day to give them heart and to
neutralize the acid arising from eating
the grass. A full supply of ashes and
salt should be kept in reach all the time.
Charcoal is great neutralize of acids.
Burnt cObs are good. Remember that
clover is full of acid, and sour stomach
soon lead to disease. can ounce of
prevention is worth pound of cure
in this case.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-07-08

''No, sir" Numbered the old gentle
man; 81 have made up my mind that
my daughter shall never marry man
who plays poker" "She might do a
great deal worse sir" ''Impossible !
Poker has proved the ruinatiOn of thou
sands of men, and its victims never re-
cover from the inflammation. She could
never do worse" Excuse me. sir, Pm
sure she could. She might marry some
fellow that thinks he plays poker" The
old man said he would think it over.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-07-08
Astonishing Success.

1t is The duty of every person who has
used Boschees German Syrup 10 let its
wonder full qualities be known to their
friends in curing Consumption, severe
Coughs, Group, Asthma, Pneumonia,
and i'm fact all throat and lung diseases.
No person can use it without immediate
relief. Three doses will relieve any
case, and We consider it the duty of all
Druggists to recommend it 70 the poor,
dying consumptive, at least to try one
bottle, as $4,000 dozen bottles were sold
last year, and no one case where it failed
was reported. Such a medicine as the
German Syrup cannot be too widely
known. Ask your druggist about it.
Sample bottles to try, sold at 10 cents.
Regular size. IS cents. Sold by all
Druggists and Dealers, in the United
States and Canada.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-07-08
READ, REFLECT,
AND RETURN
To the UViIIa Store and Get Bargains.
AND RETURN

Now is the time. My stock is COM
plete in all lines of goods kept by me.
My goods are bought as low as the
ready cash can get them. Ny prices
are close. All goods are marked at a
short profit. We propose to save the
public in every instance We can. Our
motto is to take care of our customers.
We can't afford to do otherwise. Our
Dry Goods and Notions are good but
cheap. Our Hats and Shoes are for
both old and young, large and small.
We have some elegant Carpet and
Mating at low figures. Plenty of
Hardware, Queensware and Tinware.
Steel Shovels at close figure. Gro
ceries are fresh and prices low as any.
Fish and Flour kept on hand. In fact,
our stock is full and ready for the
public to select from. We will pay
the best prices for Country Produce
the market will allow. We propose
to treat all alike and do a square bus
mess. Come and be convinced that
the bargains are here for you all.
Your Servant,
rs. !. STRIDER
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-07-08
Quadruple MuItiplier.

THIS Is a ''reel." Call and I'll explain.
i want TO say that have Quad rupled my
Stock OF Fishing Tackle. At present I am
not fixed To exhibit my foil line. but hope TO
do so before long In the meantime ! will
tell you that have variety Of Rods, jOinted
and not Jointed. Reels (silyered) from &c. TO
$50; Brass Reels Plain, Click. Stop Drag
Balanced Handle from u yards 10 - yards
Instead OF getting your line tangled up In the
bushes along the river II you viii call I'll rig
you up with either brass or niekeled ferrules
by which you can joint your own rods. This
your amiabiIity and make your fishing more
enjoyable. Vow you ca get at my place any
thing YOU want.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-07-08
PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD.

The recent decision Of the Supreme
Court of the United States pronouncing
valid the patents in the famous driven
well patent Of Nelson w. Green is at
tracing much attention, and farmers
who most of all are interested in the
matter where literally millions to be
paid by them are at stake should study
the subject and then unite with their
brother farmers in securing the just
amendments to the patent laws that
have been asked for by the Grange these
many years. 1t is limited also that these
late decisions which reverse those of the
lower courts have not ben fairly OBJ
tanned. One good authority says: 1T
is to be feared that these decisions have
been made without full knowledge by
the court of the facts in the case, and
tina, in the case upon which the decision
was rendered the opponents of the driv-
en- well patent either neglected, or were
not permitted 10 present the full evil
dence which exists"
Again, this charge is made and should
be thought about: "The Supreme Court
decision which has just been rendered
suggests the possibility of a prearranged
case, from the fact that w. d. Andrews,
Il respondent in the case under which
the decision was endered-Harris Fame
vs.. w. ID. Andrew ct al.-was the COM
plainant with Col. Green in the case de-
cided adversely to the validity of the
patent in 1883 by Judge Shiras, of the
United States Circuit Court in Iowa.
The full testimony in this latter case
Andrews ct al. VS.. George Hovey-co =
stitutes the evidence upon which farm
ers and other users of driven wells
must rely for protection against the eX-
actions of agents of the Green combina-
ton. The practice of making arrange
ments for halfway defenses in cases OF
alleged infringement, which operated
with such notable results in favor of the
Bell Telephone Co. in its manifold liti-
cations, has not been lost sight of by
the driven well patentees. In numerous
instances, and largely through United
States Judge in Southern New York,
they have secured favorable decisions
upon evidence that must be regarded as
evasive and incomplete. Coming thus
fortified before the Supreme Court, the
way to a driven well monopoly has been
quickly cleared for these schemers.
"The Iowa case, with its mass of con-
elusive and uncontradcted testimony
against the right of patent in driven
wells, and the lucid opinion of Judge
Shiras, must have been sedulously con-
cealed from the notice of the Supreme
Court Judges. 1t is difficult to imagine
how otherwise decision could have
been rendered which gives 10 few
men power to harass and annoy the farm
ers of those large sections of the coun-
try where driven wells furnish almost
the only source of water supply for do
mestic use"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-07-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

CLEANING GRAIN AND HAY FIELDS
Preaching economy has become monot-
onous; yet on the farm, as elsewhere,
waste takes more than storms, frosts and
insects. Ii is the worst form of waste to
prepare the land, to manure it, to Guilt
vate the plant, and then leave a good
part of the crop on the ground. When
small grain is cut by self-binder, prop
erly operated. so little grain is left on
the field, that il will not pay for CLEAN
ing it. But where reaper with rake
or dropper attachment is used, or the
grain is cut with cradle, cleaning is
quite profitable, especially in the wheat
field. The best implement for the pur-
pose is a hay rake. The revolving-head
rake is better than the spring-too.h sulky
while gathering up the grain will take
less foreign matter, especially when the
grain has been sown on corn-stalk
ground without removing the stalks.
The cleaning should be done as soon as
the grain is cut, as that lying on the
stnb6le is rapidly damaged; even the
dew and sun bleach it, and a hard rain
will beat it down into the stubble. If
the cleaning is done at once, the grain
will be of as good quality as that taken
from the reaper. The grain may be
bound or moved away loose. Cleaned
oats are best fed unthreshed. A boy in
Illinois cleared one hundred dollars by
cleaning the grain fields of his neigh
bors. Many of them allowed him the
gleanings free. This may be hint to
other boys, while most farmers will find
that it will pay to CLEAN their own fields.
American Agicuh,TiSt.